List of LGBTQ politicians in the United Kingdom

The following is a list of gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender individuals who have been elected as members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union, other devolved parliaments and assemblies of the United Kingdom, parliaments of the countries that preceded the United Kingdom and also members of the non-elected House of Lords.

Following the 2024 general election, the UK parliament has the largest number of self-identified LGBT members of any national legislature worldwide at 78.https://www.scenemag.co.uk/starmer-defends-lgbtq-record-at-pride-reception-amid-scepticism-from-community/ https://www.johnpe.art/2024/07/25/most-lgbt-mps-ever-uk-parliament/

Prime Ministers List of LGBT Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

PartyPortraitNameOffice heldYear electedArchibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyPrime Minister of the United Kingdom1894

Leaders of the Opposition List of LGBT Leaders of the Opposition of the United Kingdom

PartyPortraitNameOffice heldYear appointedArchibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyLeader of the Opposition1895Hugh GaitskellLeader of the Opposition1955

House of Commons List of LGBT Speakers of the House of Commons

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyOffice heldYear electedGeorge ThomasCardiff WestSpeaker of the House of Commons1976

List of LGBT members of the Cabinet in the House of Commons Cabinet as a collection of senior ministers was informally developed over centuries. Formal membership of cabinet were not firmly established until the 1800s. The significance of different offices also vary over time. The inclusion of this list first entry, the Lord Brooke, is subject to debate, as the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer was a functional position junior to the Lord High Treasurer at the time.

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyFirst cabinet-rank office heldYear appointedFulke GrevilleWarwickshire Chancellor of the Exchequer 1614George GermainDoverSecretary of State for the Colonies1775Lewis HarcourtRossendaleFirst Commissioner of Works1907Hugh DaltonPeckhamMinister of Economic Warfare 1940Harry CrookshankGainsboroughPostmaster General1943Hugh GaitskellLeeds SouthChancellor of the Exchequer1950Derick Heathcoat-AmoryTivertonMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food1954Alan Lennox-BoydDouble lives – a history of sex and secrecy at Westminster, The Guardian, 16 May 2015Covent Garden: The Untold Story : Dispatches from the English Culture War 1945–2000, Norman Lebrecht, UPNE, 2001, p. 174Mid BedfordshireSecretary of State for the Colonies1954Selwyn LloydMount 2009, p. 247.Bloch 2015, pp. 202–204.ChelmsfordSecretary of State for Foreign Affairs1955Anthony CroslandGreat GrimsbySecretary of State for Education and Science1965Roy JenkinsBirmingham StechfordHome Secretary1965Richard CrossmanCoventry EastLeader of the House of Commons1966George ThomasCardiff WestSecretary of State for Wales1968Norman St John-StevasChelmsfordChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster1979Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne EastParliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) 1997Ron DaviesCaerphillySecretary of State for Wales1997Peter MandelsonHartlepoolMinister without Portfolio1997Chris SmithIslington South and FinsburySecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport1997Shaun WoodwardSt Helens South and WhistonSecretary of State for Northern Ireland2007Ben BradshawExeterSecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport2009David LawsYeovilChief Secretary to the Treasury2010Justine GreeningPutneySecretary of State for Education2011David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleSecretary of State for Scotland2015Peter KyleHove and PortsladeSecretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology2024Wes StreetingIlford NorthSecretary of State for Health and Social Care2024Steve ReedStreatham and Croydon NorthSecretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2024James MurrayEaling NorthChief Secretary to the Treasury2025Chris BryantRhondda and OgmoreSecretary of State for Northern Ireland2026Angela EagleWallaseySecretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2026

List of LGBT ministers in the House of Commons

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyFirst office heldYear appointedFulke GrevilleWarwickshire Treasurer of the Navy1598Lewis HarcourtRossendaleFirst Commissioner of Works1905Philip SassoonHytheUnder-Secretary of State for Air1924Hugh DaltonPeckhamUnder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs1929Harry CrookshankGainsboroughUnder-Secretary of State for the Home Department1934Robert BernaysBristol NorthParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health1937Anthony MuirheadWellsUnder-Secretary of State for Air1937Robert BoothbyAberdeen and Kincardine EastParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food1940Harold NicolsonLeicester WestParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information1940James ThomasHerefordLord Commissioner of the Treasury1940Hugh GaitskellLeeds SouthMinister of Fuel and Power1946Alan Lennox-BoydMid BedfordshireMinister of State for the Colonies1951Derick Heathcoat-AmoryTivertonMinister of Pensions1951Selwyn LloydChelmsfordMinister of State for Foreign Affairs1951Ian HarveyHarrow EastParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply1956Charles Fletcher-CookeDarwenParliamentary Secretary to the Home Office1961Denzil FreethBasingstokeParliamentary Secretary for Science1961Anthony CroslandGreat GrimsbyEconomic Secretary to the Treasury1964Roy JenkinsBirmingham StechfordMinister of Aviation1964Richard CrossmanCoventry EastMinister of Housing and Local Government1964George ThomasCardiff WestMinister of State for Commonwealth Affairs 1967Norman St John-StevasChelmsfordMinister of State for the Arts1973Spencer Le MarchantHigh PeakComptroller of the Household1979Peter MorrisonChesterLord Commissioner of the Treasury1979Michael BrownBrigg and CleethorpesAssistant Government Whip1993John BowisBatterseaParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security1993Clive BettsSheffield South EastLord Commissioner of the Treasury1998Ben BradshawExeterParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs2001Angela EagleWallaseyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office2001Stephen TwiggEnfield SouthgateDeputy Leader of the House of Commons2001Ivor CaplinHoveParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence2003David CairnsInverclydeMinister of State for Scotland2005Shaun WoodwardSt Helens South and WhistonParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Office2005Chris BryantRhondda and OgmoreDeputy Leader of the House of Commons2008Greg BarkerBexhill and BattleMinister of State for Climate Change2010Crispin BluntReigateParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice2010Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonMinister of State for International Development2010Michael FabricantLichfieldLord Commissioner of the Treasury2010Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonMinister of State for School Standards2010Justine GreeningPutneyEconomic Secretary to the Treasury2010Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsMinister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice2010David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland2010Nick BolesPudseyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Decentralisation2012Simon HughesBermondsey and Old SouthwarkMinister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties2013Stephen WilliamsBristol WestParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government2013Margot JamesStourbridgeParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility2016Christopher PincherTamworthComptroller of the Household2017Stuart AndrewPudseyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales2018Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenLord Commissioner of the Treasury2018Conor BurnsBournemouth WestMinister of State for Trade Policy2019Iain StewartMilton Keynes SouthParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland2020Lee RowleyNorth East DerbyshireParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry2021Dehenna DavisonBishop AucklandParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up2022Jacob YoungRedcarLord Commissioner of the Treasury2022Damien MooreSouthportAssistant Government Whip2022Mark FletcherBolsoverAssistant Government Whip2023Paul HolmesEastleighAssistant Government Whip2024Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and PenarthMinister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories2024Nia GriffithLlanelliParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales2024Simon LightwoodWakefield and RothwellParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport2024 Stephen Morgan Portsmouth SouthParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education2024James MurrayEaling NorthExchequer Secretary to the Treasury2024Luke PollardPlymouth Sutton and DevonportParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces2024Gerald JonesMerthyr Tydfil and AberdareAssistant Government Whip2024Keir MatherSelbyAssistant Government Whip2024Martin McCluskeyInverclyde and Renfrewshire WestAssistant Government Whip2024Olivia BaileyReading West and Mid BerkshireParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education2025Ashley DaltonWest LancashireParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention2025Josh MacAlisterWhitehaven and WorkingtonParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families2025Deirdre CostiganEaling SouthallAssistant Government Whip2025Kirsty McNeillMidlothianParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland2025

List of LGBT members of the House of Commons